The Information Age has swept in voluminous amounts of Internet based, multimedia resources that can be used for solving problems, communicating, and processing information in the your classroom.
In this session cross curricular resources and tools will be shared with you, specifically aligned to your curriculum, assessment needs, as well as your needs in lesson planning and classroom management.
Essential Question|
What tools and resources that will allow me to dig deep into Common Core Standards and foster sound, student-centered, technology-enabled pedagogy?
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, you will be better prepared to:
access Common Core tools that can aid you during lesson planning;
leverage select digital content repositories that can be used in your learning and teaching practices;
better evaluate the alignment to Common Core Standards and presence of Information and Technology Essential Standards in selected digital content resources.
Lets Get Started by Talking About what We Currently Do | Take a moment to share...
How you currently find, share, and/or search for digital content and tools to support your curriculum and pedagogical approach?
Using an online collaborative tool called Padlet, we will share our responses. CLICK HERE and follow the directions in the upper left of the screen to answer. Your colleagues' answers will be viewable to you in real time.
Remember to MODEL but to also create STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING
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Even a simple tool such as Padlet can be leveraged to cover all the 4Cs and create engaging classroom lessons. View the Padlet Tutorial page for ideas and how tos.00000000000000000
I. Tools and Resources that will Model AND capture student centered learning | We will start with 3...
The following resources are cross curricular resources that all educators can leverage for learning and teaching.
Curriculum Resource |Thinkfinity
Thinkfinityoffers comprehensive teaching and learning resources across ALL content areas. The resources are grade-specific and are aligned with and CC.
Assessment Tool |InfuseLearning
InfuseLearning is a virtual learning and assessment tool where you can ask questions, create open ended tasks, and even ask students to draw their responses. You can also give per-prepared quizzes (self paced and timed), set up classes and push out content. (PleaseNOTE that Internet Explore does not support this online tool). This tool requires a bit of demonstration. CLICK HERE: Demonstration Instructions Page
Lesson Planning & Management |Diigo
Diigois two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other. Bookmark sites, tag them, highlight important resources and even leave your notes on webpages to create a collaborative and innovative resource library for students.
It is important to choose resources and tools that will support your learning and teaching in a student centered digitally enhanced classroom. In true Project Based Learning style, you will explore the resources above and answer the essential question:
Remember our Essential Question? |
What tools and resources that will allow me to dig deep into Common Core Standards and foster sound, student-centered, technology-enabled pedagogy?
Select at least one resource either shared above or in the following list that peak your interest and you want to explore more.It is recommended that you find a partner with similar interests and explore your selections together.
Use the following Google Form to guide your exploration and evaluation of this resources: Digital Resources Evaluation *
* During your exploration you are asked to evaluate resources based on their NC Information and Technology Essential Standards - for more information on this, go to dpi.state.net and/or view the complete standards for grades 9-12
HAVE FUN! Feel free to explore and evaluate another resources too, but remember to EVALUATE THE RESOURCE before you consider using it.
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE: Discuss what you explored and how you may apply these resources to your curriculum. Consider what other folks have to say about the same resource you explored. Learn about what others saw in resources you did not explore.
It is not about the technology, but about how you approach teaching and learning in your classroom and adapt resources and tools to meet your needs.
But remember: You have to model best practices for assessing and incorporating technology, because the truth is, we can't specifically name the tools that are going to be at the forefront in the coming years. The focus shouldn't so much be on what the trend is right now, but on how best to use tools in general to support learning and instruction.How do you vet technology? How do you use technology tools and resources as a team? Those processes are the most important, because we all know that in six months, another technology will be coming out that completely changes the game.
Please remember to complete the Evaluation before you leave the session today, and Bookmark this wikispace to ensure you can come back and review the resources and tools throughout this wiki to support your teaching and learning.
Additional Resources: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has released a new toolkit designed to help educators implement Common Core State Standards within the P21 Framework for 21st Century Skills.
Five-Picture Charades is a flexible model for helping teachers create and edit digital media with their students. This article describes pedagogical uses of this activity across the content areas, as well as describe ways to relate Five-Picture Charades to lesson planning and curriculum development projects.
Alexander, C. & Hammond, T.C. (2012). : A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 12(1), 55-70. AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/34557.
Overview |
The Information Age has swept in voluminous amounts of Internet based, multimedia resources that can be used for solving problems, communicating, and processing information in the your classroom.Engaging and effective technology integration educators who use and teach with digital content, directly support their students' mastery of Essential Standards and Common Core standards, while fostering student’s 21st Century Skills, and Digital Citizenship.
In this session cross curricular resources and tools will be shared with you, specifically aligned to your curriculum, assessment needs, as well as your needs in lesson planning and classroom management.
Essential Question |
What tools and resources that will allow me to dig deep into Common Core Standards and foster sound, student-centered, technology-enabled pedagogy?
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, you will be better prepared to:Lets Get Started by Talking About what We Currently Do | Take a moment to share...
How you currently find, share, and/or search for digital content and tools to support your curriculum and pedagogical approach?
CLICK HERE and follow the directions in the upper left of the screen to answer. Your colleagues' answers will be viewable to you in real time.
but to also create STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING
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Even a simple tool such as Padlet can be leveraged to cover all the 4Cs and create engaging classroom lessons. View the Padlet Tutorial page for ideas and how tos.00000000000000000
I. Tools and Resources that will Model AND capture student centered learning | We will start with 3...
The following resources are cross curricular resources that all educators can leverage for learning and teaching.Curriculum Resource | Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources across ALL content areas. The resources are grade-specific and are aligned with and CC.Assessment Tool | InfuseLearning
InfuseLearning is a virtual learning and assessment tool where you can ask questions, create open ended tasks, and even ask students to draw their responses. You can also give per-prepared quizzes (self paced and timed), set up classes and push out content. (Please NOTE that Internet Explore does not support this online tool).CLICK HERE: Demonstration Instructions Page
Lesson Planning & Management | Diigo
Diigois two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other. Bookmark sites, tag them, highlight important resources and even leave your notes on webpages to create a collaborative and innovative resource library for students.Math in Diigo
Science in Diigo
EXPLORE and EVALUATE!
It is important to choose resources and tools that will support your learning and teaching in a student centered digitally enhanced classroom. In true Project Based Learning style, you will explore the resources above and answer the essential question:Remember our Essential Question? |
What tools and resources that will allow me to dig deep into Common Core Standards and foster sound, student-centered, technology-enabled pedagogy?
Digital Resources Evaluation *
* During your exploration you are asked to evaluate resources based on their NC Information and Technology Essential Standards - for more information on this, go to dpi.state.net and/or view the complete standards for grades 9-12
Feel free to explore and evaluate another resources too, but remember to EVALUATE THE RESOURCE before you consider using it.
Consider what other folks have to say about the same resource you explored.
Learn about what others saw in resources you did not explore.
View everyone's Digital Resources Evaluation responses.
SESSION EVALUATION
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III. Conclusion |
It is not about the technology, but about how you approach teaching and learning in your classroom and adapt resources and tools to meet your needs.But remember:
You have to model best practices for assessing and incorporating technology, because the truth is, we can't specifically name the tools that are going to be at the forefront in the coming years. The focus shouldn't so much be on what the trend is right now, but on how best to use tools in general to support learning and instruction. How do you vet technology? How do you use technology tools and resources as a team? Those processes are the most important, because we all know that in six months, another technology will be coming out that completely changes the game.
Please remember to complete the Evaluation before you leave the session today, and Bookmark this wikispace to ensure you can come back and review the resources and tools throughout this wiki to support your teaching and learning.
Return to Session Agenda
Additional Resources:
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has released a new toolkit designed to help educators implement Common Core State Standards within the P21 Framework for 21st Century Skills.
Five-Picture Charades is a flexible model for helping teachers create and edit digital media with their students. This article describes pedagogical uses of this activity across the content areas, as well as describe ways to relate Five-Picture Charades to lesson planning and curriculum development projects.
Alexander, C. & Hammond, T.C. (2012). : A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 12(1), 55-70. AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/34557.